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Miss Coco Peru will be interviewing Liza Minnelli in the latest installment of Conversations with Coco.

The girls will chit chat March 20 at the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center’s Renberg Theater.

Tickets are on sale, but only “preferred” and “VIP” are available. Those tickets are $250 and $500 each, but then you have to pay those disgusting “service fees,” which add either an extra $13.49 or $22.95 per ticket, depending which price range your purchase.

“Creating a Family: A Half-Day Conference for Prospective Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Parents,” from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., will feature six workshops and a panel discussion with LGBT parents describing their various experiences growing their families.

Workshop topics include public and private adoption, the legalities of LGBT parenting in California, insemination and sperm donors, surrogacy and parenting special needs children.

In addition to seminars, attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives from local agencies providing private and public adoptions, insemination and surrogacy services, legal support, OB/GYN services, and LGBT family advocacy.

A collection of Shepard Fairey’s “Love Unites” prints – which show a raised, clinched fist next to the words Defend Equality – have been personalized by celebrities who support same-sex marriage, including Rene Zellweger, Virginia Madsen and New Kids on the Block and are on display at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center through Friday.

Fairey is the creator of the iconic Obama “Hope” image and the “Obey” street art campaign. Shepard commissioned the “Love Unites” image as a symbol of the post Prop. 8 struggle.

The prints at the Center have been personalized in different ways. Some celebrities have drawn doodles on or autographed them, while other people have gone a step further and turned prints into collages, covering them in photos and magazine clippings.

The exhibit includes more than 80 prints from over 100 celebrities, including Wana Sykes, the cast of “30 Rock,” Matt Groening and Natalie Portman.

The original prints also are for sale and range from $400 to $1000.

Net proceeds from art sales will benefit the gay and lesbian center and the LA-based, grassroots activist group FAIR, which worked with Fairey to create the “Love Unities” image.